The Sun. — London, England, 1810-04-06 00:00:00

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Under the Special Licenseot the LORI) CHA MBE R LAI N, Granted for the present Season to the joint application of all Parties principally isterested. 'THEIR Majesties' Servants, forming the. COM PANY of the late DkURY•LANE THEATRE, will, TO-MORROW EVENING, April 'l, LSI(); per brill a new Serio-Comic Operas called THE 'MANIAC Or, THE SWISS BANDITTI,• After which (24th time) a new Musical-Farce, in TwO Atha, culled HIT OR MISS ! The new Serio-Comic Opera - Of The Maniacs or, e Swiss Banditti, will he repeated, with the new Musical Farce or it „ , • • • 'lt •tptlier notice. ciItDivANCL, • 211 arch 2J, .1810. T PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of 1118 MA JEST t ORDA4APC4 46 hereby give Notice, that Pr'Posoirir wiZ. he 'received at their Vire, in Pail-Mall, an or hejGr e ifeidtt.mig, the I ub day of Apeibsext, irony siicb.Pirsant as way be willing to undertake the Supply of STOVES, RANGES, and other IRONMONGERY ARTICLE'S, fy , &Pune of tisk-Department, lot a,piriod of Three rears. Fatter= of the Afti..tes way 64 viewed upon applieatiott7tTib'e Principal Storekeeper's Office in the Tower; and further' iirti eilars, together with the Terme; and Conditioits of the Coxtrart, way hi kieriute at the Secretary's Office, in Pall,Mall aforesaid, 41 „ti 'day, -irtumen . t e halos of Tea and four o'clock, Where the Propeels mast he drlivered sealed up and indorsed,." so- Ranggs, eec. ;" 41 , 1 no Proposals can be ad. • *Oita 1 'aft& the . soltAtrtit dry of. April, at Twelve o'clock at Nootinfrthe sante day ; -neither will any Tender be noticed, unliss the Panel , making -it, on an Again ix Ai: behalf, shall a t tend. t , ity Order of the Board, R. H. ;•;,' SUN FIRE-OFFICE, April 5, tato. T HE MANAGERS give Notice, That as the SUN FT RE.OFFICE will haverompleted the piriod 45 1 "too Yeats from its first Establishment, on the •gth of Apr i l ; fB/ 0 , an Extra Dividend on the occasion of col. per share will be paid on the loth-inst. , • BRANSCOMB and Co. No. 37, Corn hiil ; 'No. 35, Haymarket; No. 11, Holborn ; and NO. 269,, `Strand,;_witit their usual good fortune, sold in last Lottery, in 78 Shares, - - • In previous Lottery: ‘ 141 6. 3.34 . . k.z0,000 I No. 2,6 t 8 . .420,00rr 4; 6 5 , 1 • • • • 5,e00 383 . . . • 1,000 Sof soo . is . z,5"0 I 3of Soo . . I,soo being Shares of almost every Capital therein; besides in last Year (;8:,9), Six of z 0,0.01. and Capitals to the amount of ,E. 2 0,000, Are now selling Tickets ansi Shares in the New Lottery, to be drawn Ath jU N E, in which there are Four Grand Prizes Of 10 0 Tickets, which may produce to a Ticket too,eool. and to a Sixteenth, upwards of 6.o;o1. The Public wil l please to observe, Branscomb and Co. sold fortunate first and last of Prizes so given, which produced to the iortunate Holders 30,0,01. ; the first 30,.5001. ; the last. 5,00.01. and only 40,0001. Prize ever shared. YTON, late Partner with the deceased Sir !AMES BRAt SCOME. has the pkasure of announc ing to his Friends and the Public. the LOTTERY which draws Bth lUN F, gives the greatest chance to the Adven. Curer hr so small a risk. Four Packets of Tickets, One Hundred in each Packet. are to be given by the Contra&ors to the fortunate Holders of the First-drawn Piize above tsl. When a Ticket may gain upwards of ico,oool. and Shares in Pirpottion. • EYTON has been truly lucky in selling Packets' 01; Tickets, No. 7,c81, producing nearly 4,0001. and No. 3,64, PPtklucing 24,7651. was sold in sixteen Sixteenths, and paid to the respedive Holders, who received for each Six. te ent6,1,5471. 16S. 3d. E. E YTON solicits a continuance of the public favours, St his-lucky Office, CO RN H I LL, near the Mansion-House. LAST LOTTERY, . • 14th February, iSio. 1 Prize of 2f , i ll 00 LATE LOTTERY, 20th Ottober, :Ba9. 2 Prizes of . . . 420 t 00t - - - sOOO 3 - - • dinioctik 2 . • •• • , Joe - 5,v00 t i ooo 3 Soo tz Capitals. • 1 Capitals. 'ISH sold the above TWENTY CAPJTAL !kJ PRIZES, in the Two last Lotteries, in Shares, at 4t CO R LI., I CHA RINGXRUSS Where TIOK ET S and • SHA R Sae sellirg - for the MEW LOTTER Y, to be Drawn tbe.Stli of TUNE. The Scheme is the same as the last, but - the Contrattor makes a free Gift of 6OUR, HUNDRED WHOLE TICKETS to the Holder of the first.drawn Piiir.above 151. by which a single Ticket 'flay g ain thc.,immense SuM of too,oool. and a Sixteenth tot , ol. Schemes, with particolari, gratis, and the fortunate 4 olte:s of aiiy Shares of the above Twenty Capital Prizes receive the , Money on demand, or exchange their Prizes Pickets and Shares in the New Lottery, at 4, Cornhill, 41-1 4 g, Charing cross. • • . . . . . _ • • • • SWI FT and Co. • • RESPECTFULLY.,isform the Public, that 'they . have oil Salo the Tickets and Shares of the ' ' - "NEW toTTERY,.- ' •Which will begin and finish' Dra w i ng on t h e Bth !UNE. , The Scheme as on the same appro-Ved.principle as the last, 'laving only s,coo Numbers, with 20i40d01. in• Prizes, among Which are • - . • - - - - FORTY CAPITALS; In addition to these, the Public are _presented with Four EXTRA.PRIZES of 7 ickets, four of a Number, by which the Adventurer hits the etr,inLe of gaining Four Prizes of 20,0001. by the 111 1 Urcitaae of a single Ticket. .. ~ The following Capital. Prizes have been Shared Nyl.Solil at their Offices, ,• • . , No. il, Poultry; No. ta, Charing-cross; , and No. 3r, Aldgare Hi g h- street: 4 .791 -', £ 20,00, 23,824 -41 0 , 00 a 11 , 599 . ~5,000 5,4, 4 '.. 20,060 • 17,61 a - 10,000 20, 439 . 1 . 5,00 0 11 , 0 70'"y •'• , 10,C00 20,953 - 10,000 7,951 - 51. 00 1 3,'461 ' . 20,0.0 21, 29 . 5 lo,cloo 19,516 . 5, 00 0 ',9,352'_ ,-; to,coo. 7,157 . lo,coo t 5 , 9 84 - 20 " 13 .4. - 10,600 4,099 - 5 , 000 iti,t tz - . 2,0 0 e v . c) r 9 oco ,12,035 - 5,000 11,199 - 2,9c00 Q.' 4 1 - to,ooo 1 '231 - 5470 r 17,242 - 2,000, 2 3 61 . i -10,00 c 1 19,247 - 5,000 753 - . 2,00 * , l s luve of the Capitals were Shared and Sold at their Offi‘es in the Lan Lottery. • 0 c; THURSDAY, APRIL 5. a Corninittee of Privileges on the Banbury :Peerage, Mr. M'Connochie was heard atthe Bar, in 'behalf of Lady Ker. 'The Irish Linen Bill passed in a Cornniittee of the House. SPANISH eAPERS 'Lord HOLLAND, Perceiving the Noble Secretary (Wellesley) in his place, desired to be informed, whether a certain intercepted letter from the:French General Vi6ior to Joseph Buonaparte, . dated the 24th of July, and which must have been, received by the British Minister in Seville, the 3d or 4th of August, was in the possession of the Noble Sect*: tary - ?—and if so, whether, without injury to: the public seryice, it might not be produced for the in formation of their Lordships ? The Marquis WELLESLEY believed that there was a 'letter, such as the, Noble Lord alluded to, in his posseision; and that, apprehending no public incon venience from the production of. it, be should lay it on their Lordships' table. ,The Marquis. of LANSDOWNE perceiving, among the mass of Spanish Papers presented to, their-Lord ships, the copy of only one letter from Mr. Secre bry Canning to the British_ Minister in Spain, dur ing font- months, namely, from-the 12th of April to the middle of August, while some of the most important transactions were going forward in the Peninsula,, wished to learn whether that was indeed the only letter transmitted by iris Majesty's Go4crn ment, for the direction of their Minister in Spain, during a period, and at a crisis so momentous. The Marquis of WELLESLEY was not aware of any other letter of instruatons, relative to the ob ject of the papers now before the House, being sent to Mr. Frere. He did not speak with certainty ; but after_ a perusal of the official papers, w i t h a ll that attention w hi c h the seriousness of their object required, tbe impression on his mind at present was ; that; DO other letter of importance, had. been sent to Frere. Earl GREY expressed' his surprise at hearing it said by the Noble Secretary, .that four months had elapsed, quriug which the most weighty and mo mentous events were passing in Spain—erentS . which deeply engaged the interests, the feelings, the honour,, the welfare ; and, perhaps, ultimately, the political existence of this country, without any other communication from his Majesty's Govern ment at home to their agent in Spain, except the so. document alluded to. . - Lord LIVEAPOOL rose to correet a misconception which Lord Grey appeared to have adopted. That Nuble bord and the House would recollect that the, Paper* :called tor by..the.N.hle . Marquis, opposite; (Lansdowne), and in cunstquetice submitted -.14 their Lordships' notice, related solely and expres4 to the campaign in the Peninsula, and did not re fer to documents or instruction on any other sub jeet. Lord Gass could not admit, nor did he suppose, that any Noble Lord who heard or attended to the MOtiQII of his Noble Friend (Lord Lansdowne) when he called for the Papers relative to Spain, mere ly confined Iris view to the mere military operations in that country. It was obvious that those very mi litary operations themselves must often depend on events and considerations of a political nature,where it was important to ascertain the temper, the spirit, and the tuptives by which the persons with whom we were in alliance were actuated in the prosectt 7 tion of ,a contest so momentous as that in which we, were mutually engaged. fie therefore trusted that las the Noble Lord had on a former night expressed a readiness, and even an earnest wish, to disclose every document of his own, be would now with the same frankness consent to produce those of his pre decessor. :The Marquis of 'WELLESLEY was willing to afford every facility towards their• Lordships' information, and said, that he should again carefully examine all tiae official papers relative to' the present question, and lay upon their Lordships' table all such as should appear fit or useful to be produced. The Marquis of •LANDSDOWNB then moved, that the House be-summoned to take those papers intii * consideration, next Thursday se'nnight.—Agreed. - Lord DARNLEY gave notice that he should take an early opportunity of calling their, Lordships' atten tion to a subject which appeared to him of more mo ment than even that of his Noble Friend, which had just been agreed to. He ►meant the - result of the inquiry which had recently taken place in the other House of Parliament, relative - m . ole Waleberen Ex pedition. Lord KING desired 'to be informed concerning a regiment of German soldiers under the command of the Duke of Brunswick ; and also . With respect to the other foreign troops now in this kingdom, the number of which he.understood to have increased in a:s.hort time in no less a proportion ' than from 2:3' 37,000. • The Earl of LitrEßroor, made sonic observations concerning the nature and condition of the foreign . -troops. now in the service of this country, whiCh we did not distinctly comprehend. Lord ROSSLYN confirmed the general statement of Lord King, and made special reference to the Queen's German Regiment, which had been origi xbally formed chiefly of Gelman and other prisoners, :rescued from the French,. but which had gradually become almost wholly composed of Ifishmen, in duced probably by the bias of their religion to en list under officers, for the greater part, of the Catho lic persuasion, of wk. h that' regiment genet:ally consisted. , Lord KING then moved,. " That there be laid before the House, Returns of all the foreign troops now serving in this kingdom, distinguishing esch• separate corps, and that the House be summoned an iTliursdsynext, to take the Sarrieinto eonsideraLon:"-- Agreed. Lord GRENVILLE called their Lordships' attertion to a Bill now on the table, prepared by the Judges in consequence of a Bill brought up in the last Ses sion from the other Honse of Parliament for conso lidating various ads of the revenne'laws, and speci fying the offences which by those Ads should be made capital. At-that time the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack, and another Learned Lord had justly and distindly pointed out the imperfec tions in that Bill, and upon his motion (Lord Gren ville's) the present Bill forthe information of the, Judges took .place. This Bill had been read the first time, .and it was his purpose now to' move the second reading, 'not with a view to its pass ing in its present shape -into a law ; for, on the perusal of, it, he found "strong and heavy abjedion indeed toy it. He perceived •ne less than seventy three different crimes, which were therein marked as capital. This was a feature or citargler of the Bill ici his judgment much too rigorous. CAre, , no, doubt, should be taken to seccu'e7;:asidr as pradiCable, - fhe due colledioit of the Revenue, and some times strong measures to that effed might be indis pensable. He could nor, hoWever, but.. regard the proposed enadruent as much too severe ; and there fore,'after the second reading, he should move either . that the Bill be referred to a Seled Committee, or to a Committee of the whole House, in order to ob viate, or abate, this sanguinary quality, of which he • felt it his duty to complain. Lord LIVERPOOL acquiesced in - the suggestion of the Noble Lord, and thought a Seled Committee the preferable mode of proceeding. Lord GRENVILLE then, after the second reading, moved for the commitment of the Bill, which passed accordingly. He then moved, that it should be commAted •to a Seled Committee, empowered to alter, or amend, as they should think proper, that part of the Bill which related to capital offences against the Revenne.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. THURSDAY - , APRIL 5. A Message from the Lords announced that their Lordships had agreed to the Sugar Drawback Bill, and several Private Bids. The Plates in Reversion Bill was read a third time and passed. The thlrd reading of the Gas Light Bill was order ed for Monday. The Irish lionds Bill was tend a third time, and passed. CARTELS. Mr. ROBERT WARD observed,, that gn Hon. Member gave notice on a former night of his in tention of Making a motion relative to - some com 'nninicanon brought by a carte* twin France to thii country. Fie rose therefore for ifie purpose of 6x .pnessink. s--.wish .that the Hon. - Gentleman- wori:d deter his motion to a future perio4, in consequence of the impor►ant business which stc.td,:. for discussion this day. Mr. SHARPE said he had no objection to post pone his motion ya. Monday next, and gave notice accordingly. INCOME TAX. Mr. PASCOE GRENFELL informed the House, that in consequence of the very great inconvenience and hardship which the Public experience from the op-' pressive manner in which the Income Tax is now colleaed, he should only be discharging a duty which he owed to the Public, in calling the attention' of the House to the subject. If, therefore, the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite did not adopt some regulations in the mode of collecting the tax, so as to St - cure the Public from oppression in future, he should, atter the Easter Recess, submit a motion on the subject to the consideration of the House. „The CHANCELLOR of the Excu-Eattart observed, thaiif the Honourable Gentleman would be so o;- liging as to bring to his knowledge any facts respect 7 ing the collection of the tax to which he had alluded, he most certainly sbould take these facts into an early consideration. SIR FRANCIS BURDETT. Mr. LETIIIIIIIDGB moved the Order of the Thy for resuming the Adjourn :A Debate on the Reolu tions of the Hon. Gentleman, respecting the Letter Ot'hir Francis Burdett to his Constituents; which Letter is charged as being a breach of the privileges of this House. On the Resolutions being read from' the Chair, Lord OSSULSTON rose to make se observations, but from the very low tone of voice in which the Noble Lord uttered his sentiments, we were in.. capable of hearing what he did say. As far, how ever, -aslvve could eolith, ,we , und ers t oo d hi m as notrneaning to canvass the differences of opinion Which prevailed on the one side or the other, with .1/r• respect to the contents of the Letter in question, bid ',lnertly to refer to certain authorities, well de fined, and known to be . the law of the land, upon the stibiett of the privileges of Parliament. He quot ed:the. OPin'tons of Lords ,Holt and De Grey ; the latter Le Oiled Judge has said, " that as the law of Parliament was only known to Parliament Men the'Public could not be answerable for a breach of the law. The Noble Lord at considerable length, as we understood, defended the Honourable Baro net's condut. • • `Sir Jo~rnt ANSTRUTAER, then rose to state his sen titnems upon the present subjed, .which he assured the House he should do in a few words. Whatever difft;rence 01 opinion prevailed with respeEt to the letter, he was bound to say, that with none he dif fered more than with the Noble Lord,' for his ar guments would go the length of Weaning the peo ple .of: England:from that support which, as the Constitutional organ of the country, they owed to the 1-19 use of Commons : no doubt that in many periods of our history there might he found persons 4isposea to question the rights Odle Commons, but those who thought more. justly would feel, that Whatever might be their opinion of the House of Common*, they must. feel also, that it stood in singular*tuittion, that it was the'first f Parliament while guarding the Conaitutional tt of the tpeople against the encriachnients ca . Crown; to take care that they did not allow any s croaatirlients ou„the • popular side. It was als duty of the House, when yielding . to the one side or • the otherytts-goad against infringement of siationat rights, and to forbedr iacreasing its own. Tiros much, however, he was bound to say, that he b. - lieved the privil e g es o f P ar li ament were.never esters cased but for the' benefit of the realm.. The question which 'was trove under discussion, wis One which • had been frequently discussed: It, „was whether.a libellous publication was an infringement of the pri;: vileges of this House, and whetherthe House had the possession of the privilege -said , to be: infriosid by .the. publication. Now_ on this .sabjeet heard a great deal of loose talk, and many cireii ,s,t,apces brought to view, to•sliew- that even sup posing the letter .to be of a Libellous rendence s =--•• author might be punished by the law of the land. Who ever doubted the truth of these arguments -Was it less a ; libel because it might be so punished ?- Or was it becathe 'the' publication was a crime pt nishablesomewhere else, that therefore this House should not punish ?=-NNras sloe House in possession of that privilege ? The day might, come when; per haps, the' privilege of commitment might be doubt ed—The Hon. Baronet then went on. to state tne law in reference to the tetter.. In the first para. graoh, the Horr..Baronet had said, that the [loose of Commons were stiperior to Magna Charta." VVhysintlitstoKery sentence he began his Letter by ►ibellrng, the lanse; for the very assumption that the:House helditself superior to the constitutional la va; 'pi, the land, was'a libel ; there was something insidiom ! in sa stating. Ifit was so stated, what was the HoUse to inquire into? Why ibis, whether the House itself is not a part of the law of the land. The very name was sufficient to prove the fad. The Housenf , 'Commons could not exist unless it were a part - qt the law of the land. Now, as to its being a partof the laW of the land, it might bees well to look ssiliere-' it , 'had its existence; he did not know where;lo plook; 'but in the prad ice ever since the country had a name. What, then, was the_ privi leged claim which: the House sought to maintain. It was this—that being one of the br.inches of the Legislature, of high authority in the State, it Was sotto besubjected to obstructions, or to be Cd:llM - niated, in the exercise of those functions which the Constitution had invested it with. The question was not varied, even though the calumny might be ern - - bodied into a printed paper. The House of Com mons must be 'allowed, to have t h e free exerti,e ,of that bond which, as between the crown and the People; must never be run.- down.7 . -.;-WJs it ever• beard 'of,' that any` court of justice, in any public meeting, in any club authorized by law, had not the power of protecting themselves against obstru{tions or calumny in their proceedings ? but then it had been argued, that personal obstrodious might be removed ; that was an argument he would not dispute ; but be should like Io know how it was' possible to remove such kind of personal obsti uc tions, unless it were to be insisted on, that force must be resorted to, and then he should be glad to know how it could be said that the House pos sessed the free exercise of its functions, Did Gen tlemen who were advocates for this unlimited use of obstructions, recoiled how the vnte. against toy Lord Strafford was carried ? That vote was carried by posting up placards all over the streets of London, acct.taiugssuch - pnd such Members of being Strafford ians, by hooting and hissing others . : If then this sort of aoleration was to be permitted, might the case notaccrue again to-morrow ? Were not those placards libellous publications, tending to bring the authority of the House into contempt ? Were net Membersprevented coming down t o the House be, cause they were liable to insult in their passage ? But those Gentlemen were obliged to admit that therievilis a . constructive sort of obstruction, which wifie.vident in the.present case, and therefore the offence did noCeall for a severe punishment. With out glVirit-ail'Opinion on that argument, he must say that anything Short of the exercise of a power to pre vent the House from being calumniated ; or indeed if a Court of legal judicature could have any effect, the- praelice must be stopped in limine. Would the House endure to wait for' the. slow process of in dictrrient, to eunish men for covering the wails with libels, and for °Winding the,Members in the free exercise of their duty ? Would it not ba more pru dent to take cognizance in she - first instance, espe cially. when proceeding by indictment could, not take cognizance' of it in the 'view which the House did ? But as a breach of the publie peace, an indict ment, therefore, iu the opinion of the Hon. Baro net, Would not obtain the end now sought to be obtained. Another question , then presentedirselt, and that was, whether - . the Rouse ,ought to judge of its own . priVileges Or 'not. c‘ To be sur e , sa id t h e Baronet, I ou g ht to apologize to the House for having stated this questien; ler if th e House cannot Lodge of its own riVileges, I do not know how it can exist at all."—lf it exists to be/useful, it must 'exist as an independent House. When I claim that, do I claim mote than what the lowest Court of Justice 'in the kingdom is in the practice - of exereising+ Will any man in this House dispute, or will attf'l.aktryer say, that when a Court corn mitas'ar - eolite - Mpt, the commitment is liable to be • questiOired brany other ? That he might be told the liotrie'crtfighf exercise its authority to abuse, he wOuldnot deny; but he would put it to the jerk. meet of any one, whether, as a body, any abuse of its authority had been known to be exercised for three or four centuries past ? whether its proceed.. ings had not been wise, prudent and moderate, as' it obtained - higher authority and weight in the Stale Had npetheliouse exercised the authority in times. past.,? or..his;part he anust confess that when Gm. fietnvnlttinted,ol4tbreach of privileges not being Co.. titrs• land , treet, l o be . vs 01 . 1 the the 1110 110 ie, at stoi, VIIY , * )1. iS• migNIO ........40 and is of for P ° l , IVA hose he en pera i te 1 44 1 0 r e frt" t ic tt lUti~s that gor .cver bolt re3T' Itcr'S tCU' orne „1 Ole for Per - Y°` th e :011 1 ' , LW; by . ) 3 die" t re ,v r ~ ~:;:~ lior J , DO"' 1 Prl:2, cdrs, :re;il icra oxit sters &s -and %vitt / , i